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2 Kings 10:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to πthem that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,

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nourishers.

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1-7: Jehu, by his letters, causes seventy of Ahab's children to be beheaded.

8-11: He excuses the fact by the prophecy of Elijah.

12-14: At the shearing house he slays two and forty of Ahaziah's brethren.

15-17: He takes Jehonadab into his company.

18-28: By subtilty he destroys all the worshippers of Baal.

29-31: Jehu follows Jeroboam's sins.

32-33: Hazael oppresses Israel.

34-36: Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu.

seventy sons.

Judg. 8:30• ³⁰And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. (Judg. 8:30)

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Judg. 10:4• ⁴And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. (Judg. 10:4)

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Judg. 12:14• ¹⁴And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. (Judg. 12:14)

in Samaria.

2 Kings 5:3• ³And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. (2 Kings 5:3)

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1 Kings 13:32• ³²For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. (1 Kings 13:32)

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1 Kings 16:28• ²⁸So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 16:28)

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2 Chron. 22:9• ⁹And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. (2 Chron. 22:9)

the rulers.

Deut. 16:18• ¹⁸Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. (Deut. 16:18)

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1 Kings 21:8‑14• ⁸So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
⁹And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
¹⁰And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
¹¹And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
¹²They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
¹³And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
¹⁴Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. (1 Kings 21:8‑14)

them.

Heb. nourishers.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote lettersb, and sent to Samaria, to the princes of Jizreel, to the elders, and to Ahab’s guardiansc, saying,

JND Translation Notes

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b

Or "a letter," as vers 2,6,7, but here it is the plural.

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Or "nursing-fathers." see vers. 5 and 6 and Num. 11.12, etc.